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Southwest Research Institute

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
291
FY2025 applications
16
FY2026 to 30 June
11
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$100,000
Most common occupation
Mechanical Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Southwest Research Institute appears in 291 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 16.

Applications by fiscal year — Southwest Research Institute

1427FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1427FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200816
FY200912
FY201013
FY201121
FY201217
FY20133
FY201412
FY201512
FY20164
FY201712
FY201811
FY201914
FY202027
FY202126
FY202219
FY202321
FY202424
FY202516
FY2026*11
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*101
FY2025133
FY2024222
FY2023201
FY2022172
FY2021233
FY2020261
FY2019113
FY2018101
FY2017111
FY201640
FY2015102
FY201466
FY201330
FY2012134
FY2011147
FY201094
FY2009102
FY2008142

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Southwest Research Institute: applications by worksite state

10+10+10+43+43+
10+10+10+43+43+
Data table
StateApplications
TX238
CO43
MI10
Worksite states
  1. Texas238
  2. Colorado43
  3. Michigan10
Worksite cities
  1. San Antonio, TX238
  2. Boulder, CO43
  3. Ann Arbor, MI10

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Mechanical Engineers64
  2. Astronomers54
  3. Physicists23
  4. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer6
  5. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers6
  6. Chemists4
  7. Electrical Engineers4
  8. Chemical Engineers4
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Engineer106
  2. Research Scientist42
  3. Senior Research Engineer37
  4. Senior Research Scientist20
  5. Engineer12
  6. Principal Engineer6
  7. Principal Scientist3
  8. Scientist2

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $100,000; middle half $95,000 to $104,738 · median prevailing wage $78,187 (marker) · 43 applications.

$80k$90k$100k$110k$120k
$80k$90k$100k$110k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III30
  4. Level IV3

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

1223FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
1223FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2019FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20099
FY20109
FY201110
FY201212
FY20135
FY20144
FY20157
FY20165
FY20178
FY201910
FY202022
FY202123
FY202217
FY20233
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20231021
FY20228091
FY2021100130
FY2020110110
FY201900101
FY20173050
FY20164012
FY20153040
FY20141030
FY20132030
FY20129030
FY20114060
FY20104050
FY20094050

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Greenberg Traurig, LLP161
  2. Greenberg Traurig LLP - NVA1

Among employers in Texas

Southwest Research Institute has 291 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #545 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #4,844 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.02% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
545 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
4,844 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.02%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 541) in Texas
6,694
Largest sponsoring employers in Texas
  1. Infosys Limited249,552
  2. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp158,582
  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.53,212
  4. Tesla, Inc.17,540
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation16,060
  6. KPMG LLP12,376
  7. Oracle America, Inc.10,036
  8. Ericsson Inc.8,088
  9. Dallas Independent School District6,275
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.6,264